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Sherrod Martin fined 40K by the NFL

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ElkinPanthersFan Rookie

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It needs to be studied in the off-season and tweaked then. I'm seeing what I want to see, you're seeing what you want to see. They need to get together, and see what's actually going on and come up with a new system for 2011. If there is a 2011 that is.

I don't remember the game this past week, but it was on Sports Nation (the hit I saw). Some dude got brutalized. And it was all legal because the defender used his shoulder pads. I agree the helmet-to-helmet stuff is tricky, but the guys that intentionally launch with their helmets need to stop. From the Sports Nation clip, you can be just as nasty without launching head first.

Oh I agree, but then in that same Eagles/Giants game Asante Samuel got called for helmet to helmet when he clearly lead with his shoulder. Collinsworth slurped the NFL's ******* and was like clearly this is helmet to helmet but the replay shows the hit going into the guys shoulder pads.

I'm no Eagles fan and are one of my 3 hated teams, but it was still an awful call.

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Gloves or not, a guy coming at you at running speed and using his momentum on your most delicate body part is more dangerous.

Martin was not nearly as bad as most of the hits. But this is the second time.

So by that logic how do you explain the $25K fine on Harrison for the helmet to head hit on Buffalo's QB?

Their should have been zero fine as Martin did nothing wrong. He was hit in the head by the TE.

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I am curious as to the rule and how it only penalizes the defender. If a defensive player is tracking the play in milliseconds across the field and decides to go for a physical hit and the offensive player ducks down, thus forcing the defensive player into the offensive players' head, how is this technically fair all around? I'm all for protecting the health of each and every player, but if an offensive player is either bracing for the upcoming hit or puts himself in a prone position, how is it reasonable to think that the defenisive player is able in a split second to pull up and avoid the "untouchable" areas on the offensive player. I just really hope that the NFL's crackdown this season on big hits, combined with their impending lock-out doesn't deteriorate the sport's integrity and the roots of what made this game the greatest game. Between Super Bowl's in London and the millionaires v. billionaires bickering, plus all of this other stuff, it's getting utterly stupid. Roger Goodell has done a ton of great things for this league, but with too much micromanagement and shadowing comes frustration and resentment.

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If ANYTHING needs to be taken away, it's flags for when a guy slaps a QB in the helmet. One was called on Clausen this past week. That's just silly. You'd really have to slap the HELL out of a guy in a helmet for it to hurt him. And the one on Jimmy was like a grazing tap.

I tend to agree, but you know had that been Peyton (who rarely sneaks it), he would have drawn the flag from a ref without thinking twice about it.

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As compared to the hit that Martin put on that WR? Not nearly. That's why in MMA the fighters are safer from brain damage then NFL players, because the speed of impact is FAR more damaging than the directness of the blow. You could get punched unconscious three times and not get as much brain damage as you would get from a hit that concussed you on a hit like the one Martin made. Even without losing consciousness. No human alive can throw a punch hard enough to slosh the brain back and forth as quickly as those high speed helmet to helmet hits can.

WTF? This is completely false. I used to box competitively and I can tell you that you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons say that 90% of boxers sustain a brain injury. Boxing may account for fewer deaths than some other sports but the numbers of boxers suffering brain damage are believed to be much higher than recorded.

It is not surprising that head injury is so common in boxing. It is estimated that when a boxer gets a direct blow to the head it is like being hit by a 12lb padded, wooden mallet traveling at 20mph!

Being hit on the head can cause fractures to the bone of the head and face and tissue damage in the brain. A blow can damage the surface of the brain, tear nerve networks, cause lesions, bleeding and sometimes produce large clots within the brain.

http://profootballcritic.com/wordpress/?p=148

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I agree that he should've been fined. The NFL told the guys what is, and what isn't, illegal hits. They also said that there would be an increase in fines, but Jesus Christ, the dude got fined two weeks of pay.

How about this. The next time Mr. "I've Been Fined 148947 Times" James Harrison gets a fine, how about the NFL doesn't fine him a petty 30k or 40k, how about they fine him two game checks, and then let's see what happens.

Sherrod's a no-name player, trying to make a name for himself in the league. There was a bang-bang head-to-head hit in the end-zone, it happens. Throw the flag, hit him with a small fine, and move on.

Don't deny the man his paycheck for two weeks.

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WTF? This is completely false. I used to box competitively and I can tell you that you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

http://profootballcritic.com/wordpress/?p=148

Not saying MMA isn't dangerous, because it is. But MMA and boxing are SO different it's not even funny. Boxers use massive gloves and all they DO is foucs on the head. MMA fighters use small pads and kick legs, kick the body, grapple, go for subs, etc. Boxing is the most brutal sport for head injuries out there. MMA? Not so much. Though his line about being hit unconcious three times was wrong, I'll give you that. That ain't good for anyone's brain.

Then again, Chuck Liddell is about as coherent as Ali. Durrr...I'm durrr Chuck Lidurrrrr, Liddell durrr baahhh burrrrrr.

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WTF? This is completely false. I used to box competitively and I can tell you that you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

http://profootballcritic.com/wordpress/?p=148

Boxing isn't MMA which is what he was talking about.

But I hope you realize that boxers take more hits to the head than do MMA fighters.

The bigger gloves make it so it is actually much harder to score a knock out, so fighters in boxing take much more repeated blows to the head, and for a longer duration.

Fighters in an MMA bout take less hits to the head and when they do get a hard hit, it doesn't take nearly as many to drop them.

It's not merely a hard punch from boxing that causes the damage, its the constant blow after blow, for long periods of time.

Boxing match 4-12 rounds 3 mins per round

MMA(UFC) 3 rounds 5 for championship fight 5 minutes each.

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